I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It is the man and woman united that makes the complete human being. Separate she lacks his force of body and strength… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth --… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If a sound body and a sound mind, which is as much as to say health and virtue, are to be preferred… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Dangerous, therefore, is it to take shelter under a tree, during a thunder-gust. It has been fatal to many, both men and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
